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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 13
Lexile measure
910L
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English
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When brain surgery makes a mouse into a genius, dull-witted Charlie Gordon wonders if it might also work for him. With more than five million copies sold, Flowers for Algernon is the beloved, classic story of a mentally disabled man whose experimental quest for intelligence mirrors that of Algernon, an extraordinary lab mouse. In poignant diary entries, Charlie tells how a brain operation increases his IQ and changes his life. As the experimental...
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AN APPLE BOOKS PICK OF THE MONTH "Masterfully written, distinctively researched, deeply humane . . . Genius."-ANTHONY SWOFFORD, author of Jarhead "A major contribution . . . A necessary book."-JOHANN HARI, author of Lost Connections "This book is a triumph of the spirit and the flesh."-ELIZA GRISWOLD, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Amity and Prosperity In this stunning debut-both a memoir and a work of investigative journalism-writer Sarah Fay explores...
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A full-length account of the author's prize-winning New York Times story chronicles the exploitation and abuse case of a group of developmentally disabled workers, who for 25 years, were forced to work under harrowing conditions for virtually no wages until tenacious advocates helped them achieve their freedom.
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870L
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The Sound and the Fury, first published in 1929, is perhaps William Faulkner's greatest book. The novel reveals the story of the disintegration of the Compson family, doomed inhabitants of Faulkner's mythical Yoknapatawpha County, through the interior monologues of the idiot Benjy and his brothers, Quentin and Jason.
8) Janine
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Janine (Maryann Cocca-Leffler) volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.6 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 490L
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English
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Celebrates the differences of children with Autism through the character of Janine, a one-of-a-kind kid who talks to imaginary friends, reads the dictionary forfun, and remembers almost everything.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 14
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English
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Beth is a spirited woman with an intellectual disability who lives intensely and often joyfully, and spends most of her days riding the buses in Pennsylvania. The drivers, a lively group, are her mentors; her fellow passengers, her community-though some display less patience or kindness than others.
Her sister, Rachel, a teacher and writer, camouflages her emotional isolation by leading a hyperbusy life. But one day, Beth asks Rachel to accompany...
10) Hurt you
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After moving to a new suburb, a Korean American teen must fight to protect herself and her neurodivergent older brother from a hostile community in this tragic story of bigotry and gun violence.
11) The Silver Gate
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 9
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English
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Elric and his mother secretly care for his mentally disabled sister, Wynn, whom the villagers consider a changeling, until their father threatens to sell her, so they flee into the forest, even though Elric does not share her belief in magic.
12) Girls like us
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 5
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English
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Graduating from their school's special education program, Quincy and Biddy are placed together in their first independent apartment and discover unexpected things they have in common in the face of past challenges and a harrowing trauma.
13) Of mice and men
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
630L
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English
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"They are an unlikely pair: George is "small and quick and dark of face"; Lennie, a man of tremendous size, has the mind of a young child. Yet they have formed a "family," clinging together in the face of loneliness and alienation. Laborers in California's dusty vegetable fields, they hustle work when they can, living a hand-to-mouth existence. For George and Lennie have a plan: to own an acre of land and a shack they can call their own. When they...
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Keystone Stables volume 6
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 3
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English
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One of the special-needs children riding horses at Keystone Stables during the summer has Down syndrome and when his affection for Skye embarrasses her, she begins to treat him harshly.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 7
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English
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Sixteen-year-old Aster, caught between a self-absorbed older sister and a mentally-disabled younger one, yearns for a normal life and, with her first boyfriend's encouragement and trust in God, she begins to make things better.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 14
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English
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When Emily sees her developmentally disabled classmate Belinda being attacked, she does nothing at all. Belinda, however, manages to save herself. When their high school finds out what happened, Emily and Lucas, a football player who was also there that night, are required to perform community service at a center for disabled people. But can they do anything that will actually help the one person they hurt the most?
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This book brings together 34 disabled artists, thinkers, athletes and activists from past and present. Find out how these iconic figures have overcome obstacles, owned their differences and paved the way for others by making their bodies and minds work for them. These short biographies tell the stories of people who have faced unique challenges which have not stopped them from becoming trailblazers, innovators, advocates and makers. Each person is...
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"Sage Winters always knew her sister was a little different even though they were identical twins. They loved the same things and shared a deep understanding, but Rosemary--awake to every emotion, easily moved to joy or tears--seemed to need more protection from the world. Six years after Rosemary's death from pneumonia, Sage, now sixteen, still misses her deeply. Their mother perished in a car crash, and Sage's stepfather, Alan, resents being burdened...
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On May 12, 2013, 48-year-old Vicky Isaac of rural Puxico, Missouri--a woman with a history of learning disabilities, traumatic brain injuries, and drug addiction-- loaded a .22 caliber handgun and shot her violent addict husband while he slept in the trailer they shared with Vicky's adult son. Or did she? According to police reports, Vicky called 911 and confessed to the crime. Was this another sad case of murder amongst addicts or something more?...
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